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Dressed for Departure
Commentators unanimously note that the specific instructions—loins girded, shoes on, staff in hand—were for the first Passover only. This posture signified the Israelites' immediate readiness to leave Egypt. It was a meal eaten in haste, not for leisure, because their journey to freedom was about to begin at any moment. Some scholars see a parallel for Christians, who should live with a similar readiness to leave this world for the heavenly country.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 12:11
18th Century
Theologian
These instructions are understood by the Jews to apply only to the first Passover, when they belonged to the occasion. There is no trace of their o…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 12:11
19th Century
Bishop
Thus you shall eat it. —The injunctions which follow are not repeated in any later part of the Law and were not generally…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 12:11
19th Century
Preacher
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the…
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John Gill
On Exodus 12:11
17th Century
Pastor
And thus shall ye eat it
After the following manner, in the habit and posture described: the Targum of Jonathan adds…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 12:1–20
17th Century
Minister
The Lord makes all things new to those whom he delivers from the bondage of Satan, and takes to himself to be his people. The time when he does thi…